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Raphael Rabello, Cry, My Guitar

This CD contains the last solo recordings of an extraordinary
musical artist who died just as he was poised to reach an
international audience. Guitarist and composer Raphael
Rabello revived and extended violão Brasileiro—the Brazilian
guitar style that encompasses the classical guitar tradition,
Brazilian popular, and Brazilian folk music. Rio’s Jornal
do Brasil called him “the reinventor of Brazilian guitar…
responsible for a new surge of energy such as that injected by
Baden Powell during the bossa nova era.”
“Raphael Rabello was simply one of the greatest
guitarists who has ever lived. His level of insight into
the potential of the instrument was matched only by the
great Paco de Lucia. He was ‘The’ Brazilian guitarist of
our time, in my opinion. His death at such a young age
is an incredible loss, not only for what he already did,
but for what he could have done.”
— Pat Metheny
“Raphael is Brazil’s finest guitarist.”
— Antonio Carlos Jobim
“The best guitarist I’ve heard in years. He has overcome
the technical limitations of the instrument, and his
music comes unhindered from his soul, straight to the
hearts of we who admire him.”
— Paco de Lucia